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Vallust and I would like to thank the following people for making our investiture
run so smoothly and so fun:
<P><U>Curnan and Alethea: </U> What a party! You outdid yourselves.
We couldn't have asked for more!
<BR><U>Eleanor:</U> Thanks so much for the hat (and what a hat it
is!) and for all the support and friendship.
<BR><U>Tori: </U> Thanks for making my kids' costumes. You can't
begin to know how much burden that took off my shoulders. You did
a beautiful job!
<BR><U>Boo:</U> Thanks for all the phone calls and the candy.
As always, you come through.
<BR><U>April and Egan: </U> Thanks for all the help with the party
and for helping us set up camp. Egan, wherever I was you were there
helping me. Thanks.
<BR><U>Kayleigh:</U> Thanks for pinch-hitting on our processional.
You did a great job as always.
<BR><U>Thorfinn: </U> Thanks for the liquid "attitude adjustments"
for everyone.
<BR><U>Selwyn and Laurie:</U> Thank you for the breakfasts and the
coffee each morning. Your friendship is invaluable.
<BR><U>Muriell and Pepin</U>: Thanks for the BIG banner with my BIG
dogs! It is truly awesome! I have unrolled it and stared at
it many a time since I got home. My hat is off to you and your talent.
<BR><U>James</U>: Thank you so much for padding the coronets.
You did a great job with so very little to work with.
<BR><U>Kaynin, Oriana, Jasper, and Dusty: </U> Thanks for all
your help. Your service was absolutely invaluable to us. We
also would like to thank you for the quivers. I am speechless.
But I have to tell you that when you first pulled them out of your bag
I thought you were giving us snake leggings. I guess being an avid
hunter, these kind of thoughts pop into my head now and again.
<BR><U>Margaret MacDuff:</U> Your artistic talent is amazing.
Thank you for doing all you did for us.
<BR><U>Godfrey and Constance:</U> Your help was so sorely needed.
Thank you for being there and pitching in with everything you did.
And thank you for putting up with us. Kuddos!
<BR><U>Niccola:</U> Last but never least. Thanks for everything
you do and you do a helluva lot! You mean the world to us.
<BR>And thanks to the Shire of Adlersruhe and Wilkin and Ophelia.
Thanks for having us and doing such a great job! We really appreciate
it.
<P>I probably have left some of you out and I profusely apologize.
Thanks to you all and to the people that came to the event. I hope
everyone had a great time. Because of you all, we did.
<P>Always in Service to the Dream, the Kingdom, and the wonderful people
of this realm,
<P>Vallust and Ascelyn Balstene
<BR>Baron and Baroness of Bonwicke
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